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The Competitive Edge is the blog of the Cornell Law Library, dedicated to the advancement of legal research, scholarship, and education among Cornell Law students, faculty, and the transnational research community.

Unless you’ve been living under a pop culture rock (which in law school is highly likely) you know the third installment of the popular Netflix series House of Cards was released today. If you find yourself without a Netflix account but are still curious as to what the fuss is all about the we’ve got the two previous seasons available for checkout via our Popular DVD collection.

Along with House of Cards the collection focuses on feature films and television series, with an emphasis on law, lawyers, public policy, and government. We also try to keep current award-winning movies and television series available. Cornell faculty, staff, and students may check out DVDs; the loan period is seven days.

From this guide you can see our current titles and link to the catalog record to see if the DVD is available or checked out. You can also browse the collection in person in the study area directly outside the Law Library’s Reading Room.

Do you have a suggestion for the collection? Contact Nina Scholtz, Digital Resources Librarian.

We’re pleased to announce that we’re implementing the innovative new LexisNexis Digital Library (http://cornell.law.overdrive.com), which offers some of our more frequently used treatises and practice guides in eBook format.

Law students, faculty and staff can check out and return titles via the Digital Library website on your work or home computer (PC or Mac) or using your mobile device. Once an eBook is checked out, internet access is not required to read the eBook, only to access embedded links. You may use the Overdrive Read function to download eBooks directly into your web browser, or you may download titles to your preferred eReader software or device. All the titles available in the Digital Library will also remain available at the Law Library in print.

To sign into the Digital Library, enter your NetID and password. For more information on using the Digital Library, please see the attached information sheet, see our website, or contact Nina Scholtz, Digital Resources Librarian.

Executive Branch Documents: Includes nearly all of over 200,000 executive branch documents from 1789-1909 not included in the U.S. Serial Set, as well as an additional 200,000 titles from 1910-1932.

Executive Orders and Presidential Proclamations, 1789-Present: The only place you can access a complete collection, both numbered and unnumbered, including those published in the Federal Register, and many more that were not.

You have probably received a notification from Westlaw prompting you to change your password. Westlaw is requiring that all academic account holders change their password. Starting February 1 users will be directed to change their passwords before being allowed to log in.

TO CHANGE PASSWORDS NOW: Sign on at http://lawschool.westlaw.com On the left side of the page under Welcome, you’ll see an Update link next to your name. Click the link and your OnePass information will pop up. Click the Manage OnePass Profile link. You’ll now be on the General Settings page. Scroll down and type in your new password and re-enter in the Confirm field. Then click Save. Password requirements will pop up—you must follow these!

We encourage you to be proactive in making the change prior to the deadline. Please contact Faculty Services Librarian Matt Morrison at mmm72@cornell.edu if you have any questions.

Today the Law Library is launching two new services for faculty and students. ScanIt is a free document delivery service through which copies of library materials are delivered electronically within two business days of a request. For information about how to place a request and for more details regarding the parameters and restrictions of this service, please see our website here.

The Law Library will additionally be offering paging services for materials located in the Law Library stacks. Faculty and students may request materials from the stacks and have them delivered to the circulation desk by simply locating the item in the library catalog and then clicking the “Request Item” button. (See below.) The materials will then be delivered directly to faculty offices. Students may pick up materials at the circulation desk.

ScanIt and paging services are being offered on a pilot basis. Questions may be directed to Melissa Littlejohn at lawlibscanit@cornell.edu.